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Andy Dalton threw five touchdown passes. Marvin Jones caught four of them. The Bengals returned a pair of interceptions for touchdowns. The cushion was 14-0 at the end of the first quarter, 28-6 at the end of the first half and 40 points at the end of the game, by far the widest winning margin in the NFL this season.

"That was ugly, to say the least," Jets Coach Rex Ryan said.

The Bengals boast wins over Pittsburgh, Green Bay and New England, and they entered Sunday having won three straight, including two on the road, but this was a statement game because this was the type of game previous editions would have found a way to lose.

Instead, the Bengals didn't come close to losing.

"The guys have done a great job of staying focused," Lewis said.

A.J. Green was the receiving star the previous two weeks, catching 12 passes for 256 yards. On Sunday, the All-Pro caught seven balls for 115 yards — he had a pair of 53-yard catches — and watched Jones steal the spotlight thanks to eight grabs for 122 yards with the four receiving scores setting a franchise record.

"It's fun when the offense is clicking," said Jones, the second-year pro out of California. "Andy did a great job of distributing the ball."

When you look at Green, Jones, Mohamed Sanu, Jermaine Gresham, Tyler Eifert, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Giovani Bernard, those are some weapons.

"It's a very impressive group," Lewis said. "I think of the Cowboys when they had (Michael) Irvin and (Jay) Novacek and those guys, they're those kinds of parts."

Dalton has blossomed into a quarterback who can use those parts. Considered by some the offense's weak link, the third-year quarterback is now on a sizzling stretch of three straight games of 300-plus yards and three-plus touchdowns passing.

In the season's first five games, Dalton threw five interceptions to match his five touchdowns. Over the three most recent games, Dalton has completed 89 of 131 passes for 1,246 yards, with 11 touchdowns and three interceptions.